Another excerpt from an e-mail that Karin Feltman sent home from Haiti. We’ve done a little editing to make it easier to read online.

“Things are going well here. Today we set up a clinic in a small tent camp close to the compound where we’re staying. I thought it would take only a couple of hours to see (patients), but the pastor that “runs” the camp got on a bullhorn when we arrived and announced the clinic. People poured in from the hillside. We were swamped. We’ve seen thousands of patients.

Tomorrow we go on a “feeding” to deliver food to a neighborhood. I am exhausted but energized, if that makes any sense? The feeding program will be a nice change of pace. Though, we have to worry a little about rioting during the drop. They are desperate to eat and they often fight for the little food we can provide.

It was sad. During the clinic we kept telling people they needed to take medication for food or that they were dehydrated and needed to drink lots of food and water. But, they don’t have any. That’s something we don’t have to deal with at home. Thank god.”